Marine Insurance Act, 1963
78. Suing and laboring clause
(1) Where the policy
contains a suing and laboring clause, the engagement thereby entered into is
deemed to be supplementary to the contract of insurance, and the assured may
recover from the insurer any expenses properly incurred pursuant to the clause,
notwithstanding that the insurer may have paid for a total loss, or that the
subject-matter may have been warranted free from particular average, either
wholly or under a certain percentage.
(2) General average
losses and contributions and salvage charges, as defined by this Act, are not
recoverable under the suing and laboring clause.
(3) Expenses incurred
for the purpose of averting or diminishing any loss not covered by the policy
are not recoverable under the suing and laboring clause.
(4) It is the duty of
the assured and his agents, in all cases, to take such measures as may be
reasonable for the purpose of averting or minimizing a loss.